One issue with bridge in the U.S. is the lack of recognition.
Was the USA’s 2017 Bermuda Bowl win covered in any major newspapers?
I could not find any coverage, but I did not spend much time looking.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul media (specifically the Star Tribune) has written ...

My last year as a junior was 2013.
The ACBL is lucky that young people want to play bridge, and I believe the ACBL needs to do basically anything reasonable to attract more juniors and under 40 people to play bridge. Free memberships for youth and juniors would be ideal ...

I do encounter situations like this too often, and it is a complete joke.
I understand a very new and raw player not knowing it, but it was something I learned as a brand new duplicate bridge player.
It takes like 10 seconds to explain why a player needs to ...

I don't understand why players ask/are allowed to ask for a review of the bidding.
The bidding cards were just on the table, and paying attention and memorization are important aspects of bridge.
Also, it is possible no one at the table remembers the bidding. It cannot even ...

It is awesome to read about how successful this program has been.
One of the many reasons to get bridge in the schools is to make bridge a more diverse activity.
I feel that meeting during the school day is key to the success of a school bridge club. I ...

This is slightly off topic, but I did not feel it warranted starting a new thread.
I played in the gold rush pairs in this tournament, and I was surprised at how often opponents would do little to nothing to try to keep their scoresheet private. Sometimes players would put ...

In case anyone needs/wants any extra motivation for donating.
I get the impression that a lot of the SIVY players are in a similar situation to me 12 years ago.
When I was 16, I attended the World Junior Individual Championship and the World Junior Camp in New York ...

I hope that Mr. Monzingo will apologize/clarify/retract his statement about bridge being a "senior game."
If the ACBL wants to get more younger players to join, a comment like that from the President is not going to help.
The U.S. has an incredible group of under 40 ...

I could go into more detail, but I was also disappointed to read the portion of the letter that referred to bridge as a "senior game."
The top U.S. team from each of the past three Bermuda Bowls consisted of 18 players (5 of whom played two of three ...